Got back Thursday from my 3 day vacation/consult...had a GREAT time there even if I didn't *do* a whole lot (Arizona is beautiful, but very HOT in late May! Typical daytime temp was 95-97^F, and I left just as a week-long heat wave was coming in...they were expecting temps of 105^F+ for the next week
)
First day I located the office and surgery center. My navigator app (which uses Google) didn't correctly find the office, fyi it is just north of East Indian Bend road, some distance north of the Greenbaum Surgery Center.
The day of the appt they were running late, I got in about an hour after my appt time but I remember reading that since Dr Meltzer gives the consultee as much time as needed one should expect some delays.
As it was, my appt was fairly quick. I already understood the surgery process itself, the recovery also. I just had a few questions (mainly about stairs and sex LOL) and then he did the exam, which is just a quick look at downstairs to assess if he needs to graft and how the hair removal process is going (fyi, the medical office I'm using is obviously using a more powerful (and effective) laser than the usual salon place, and it shows. I've had 4 sessions of clearing ($200/session, btw) and it's almost all gone.)
Don't forget to ask about the surgery info package, although they can (and did
) email it if one forgets to ask.
He has several books in his waiting room by and about transexuals to help one pass the time. There's one, a comic book, that is *hilarious*,
here's the author's site. (I have no financial interest, besides two of the three books are free downloads)
Piper and her colleagues at the front desk is awesome, very helpful and knowledgeable.
A map:
FYI, there is a Walgreens closer to the hotel, but I didn't find it soon enough to mark it before I left. The one that is marked is in a parking lot with a "Basha's", which is a local grocery store chain.
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